Jean Genie

Well, the Charles Hazlewood Show last night was, as ever, interesting and annoying in just about equal measure.

The music mix wasn't eclectic as it has been previously, and I could have done without three of the last four tracks, but each to his own.

James Brown: Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved; Album: Revolution of the Mind
Jamie T: Calm Down Dearest; Album: Panic Prevention
Tom Waits: The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me); Album: Small Change
David Sylvian: Jean The Birdman; Album: God’s Monkey

- Hang on. This was introduced as Jean - to rhyme with Dean or Gene - despite the title being sung a dozen times or more. It was also described as recent. Well, if 1993 is recent then, yes, it's recent. Plus, it's from the Sylvian/Fripp album 'The First Day', not God's Monkey... Plus, it's hardly the best example of his 'husky voice'. How about something from 'Nine Horses' or 'Blemish'?

Vashti Bunyan Session:
Train Song
Winter is Blue

Maria Callas: Non Piu Mesta from La Cenerentola (Rossini)
Cecilia Bartoli: The Marriage Of Figaro - Giunsi Alfin Il Momento .... Al Desio (Mozart)

now you start to lose me...
Wyclef Jean: Where Fugees At; Album: The Ecleftic
Wyclef Jean: Diallo; Album: The Ecleftic
Youssou N’Dour: Birima; Album: Eyes Open / Joko From Village To Town / The Guide - Wommat (3 CD Set)
Pauline Malefane: Last Winter

Hmmm.... 7/10 for this show, I think.